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I like MacDonald's idea that the women at the tomb are based on Hecuba, Andromache and Helen. As he sums it up on page 145 of The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark : ... Mark's account retains distinctive traits from Homer, such as the abandonment of the hero by his protecting deity, the summonin...

Ulan wrote: It's especially uncertain where they drew the line and if there was any history in the proper sense as basis in the first place. True, but what helps me think Paul may have talked with Agrippa and Bernice are the indications outside of Acts that Paul was cozy with (and possibly even rela...

Ulan wrote: Why do you even consider arguments like this? Note the "After they left the room...". It's a private conversation between three important historical figures. Why do you think this is anything else than fiction that was invented to make Paul look good? The whole Jesus trial stor...

Second rate fiction

Perhaps not, for the reasons above, is all I'm saying.

I've been stumped by the "he alone" thing in Hegesippus regarding James going into the "holy place" (which I'm at least comfortable thinking is not the Holy of Holies and means "he alone" among Christians or non-priests) and not knowing where else to look for any preced...

What a great link! Much to ponder.

Ipetrich wrote: Looking at Leviticus 11, among aquatic animals, vertebrate "true" fish are OK, but crustaceans and shellfish are not. That's likely a way of expressing dislike of seacoast people, pointing to what they like to eat. I wonder why then some think that techelet derived from mur...

What a cool video. Thanks, arnoldo. I can't believe how many views this thread has! It can't be all me because I haven't been here in awhile. As I reflect on the journey I'd say I'm most grateful to have found 6/8/77. I haven't even listened to all of it yet, but based on what I have heard (mainly J...

Though he argues for a date of 175-176 CE based on the second passage, regarding Celsus' phrase "those who reign over us now" Droge writes: The treatise cannot be dated, as is often done, by the number of emperors to whom Celsus refers. For example, in C. Cels. 8.71 Celsus mentions, "...

1. No one knows when Celsus wrote but it seems to have been during a period when two Emperors ruled in Rome so the period of the joint rule of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus and conversely Marcus Aurelius and Commodus are favored as dates). I've never looked into the dating of Celsus before. I ju...